Pirates Open Two-Game Road Trip At Georgetown - Seton Hall University Athletics
Winners of five of its last six games including three victories over AP Top 25 teams, the Seton Hall men's basketball team hits the road again this week star...
Game 16: Georgetown Hoyas (8-7, 1-3 BIG EAST) vs. Seton Hall Pirates (10-5, 3-1 BIG EAST)
Tuesday, Jan. 9 • 6:30 p.m. Eastern • Washington, D.C. • Capital One Arena (20,356)
TV: FS1 • Dave Sims & Sara Kustok
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Radio: SHU Pirates Mobile App / Pirate Sports Network / SiriusXM 380 / SXM app 970 / Gary Cohen & Dave Popkin
Game Notes: Seton Hall | Georgetown
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NOTES YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Winners of five of its last six games including three victories over AP Top 25 teams, the Seton Hall men's basketball team hits the road again this week starting with a 6:30 p.m. contest at Georgetown on Tuesday.
- At 118 meetings, Georgetown is The Hall's second-most frequently opponent.
- Although the Hoyas lead the all-time series, 60-58, the Pirates have won five consecutive meetings against the Hoyas and nine of the last 11 matchups.
- Head coach Shaheen Holloway is 1-2 all-time against Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley with the lone victory being an 82-58 win for The Hall in Cooley's final regular season and home game as the head coach at Providence on March 4, 2023.
- Seton Hall's director of player personnel Sean Crawford played for Cooley at Fairfield for three seasons.
- Kadary Richmond was named BIG EAST Player of the Week on Monday after averaging 18.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game in two wins over ranked teams last week.
- Richmond now has three BIG EAST honors this season and it's his first career BIG EAST Player of the Week honor.
- Through four games in BIG EAST play, Richmond is averaging 18.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game and is shooting 43 percent from the floor and 82 percent from the charity stripe.
- Seton Hall received votes in the AP Top 25 this week (34) for the first time since the final AP poll of the 2021-22 season.
- The Pirates are 3-2 this season against Quad 1 opponents.
- Seton Hall is one of only 15 teams in the country with at least three Quad 1 wins.
- Seton Hall is one of six teams in the country with multiple wins over teams ranked in the top 10 of the AP Top 25 along with Purdue (4), Kansas (2), UConn (2), Kentucky (2) and North Carolina (2).
- The last time Seton Hall defeated three AP Top 25 teams in a three-week span was during the 2005-06 season when the Pirates knocked off No. 15 NC State on Jan. 25 (83-65) and No. 25 Syracuse on Jan. 29 (68-61) on the road before defeating No. 11 West Virginia on Feb 14 (71-64).
- Seton Hall's 3-1 start to BIG EAST play is its best since 2020-21 when the Pirates went 5-1 to begin league play.
- The Pirates head back on the road where they last defeated No. 23 Providence, 61-57, on Jan. 3, handing the Friars their first loss at Amica Mutual Pavilion this season and just their fourth loss in their last 50 games at home.
- The Hall is coming off of a 78-75 win over No. 7 Marquette where the Pirates dished out a season-best 17 assists and finished plus-18 on the glass.
- Seton Hall's improvement on the defensive end of the floor was apparent in the wins over No. 5 UConn and No. 23 Providence where the Pirates held both opponents to 60 points or less and shooting percentages under 40 percent (UConn, 38 pct; Providence, 37 pct).
- Over the last five games where the Pirates have gone 4-1, Dylan Addae-Wusu is averaging 11.2 points, 7.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.
- Al-Amir Dawes ranks 21st among active players in Division I in career three-point field goals made with 287.
- Jaden Bediako leads the BIG EAST and ranks fourth in Division I averaging 4.3 offensive rebounds per game.
- Bediako ranks third in Division I in offensive rebounding percentage (21.3 pct).
- Davis has scored in double-figures in each of the last five games and he's averaging 16.4 ppg.
- With 308 career assists at Seton Hall, Richmond is six assists away from tying Terry Dehere for 16th on the program's all-time assists list.
- Richmond is six assists away from reaching the 400 assist plateau for his collegiate career.
- Richmond is also 33 points away from reaching 1,000 career points.
